M1879 Rolling block bayonets. Price range 250 – 85.
Bayonet for M1891 Engineers Carbine
M1909 Rifle
Based on the German Gew-98 design and fitted with a 29" barrel and tangent rear sight graduated to 2000 meters. Almost full stock with pistol grip. The 5-round magazine fits in a flush box magazine with hinged floor plate. Chambered for the 7.65x53mm cartridge. Weight is about 9 lbs. Some of these rifles were made in Germany and about 85,000 were built in Argentina. Argentine crest on receiver ring. Some 1909s will be found with a ground off crest. Deduct 20 percent for ground crest examples.
Courtesy Rock Island Auction Company
Model 1909 with close-up of receiver ring showing Argentine crest • Courtesy Stoddard Martial collection, Paul Goodwin photo
Cleaning and maintenance of the Argentine Model 1909 • Courtesy Paul S. Scarlata
M1909 Sniper Rifle, without scope
Same as above but with bent bolt and scope. Some telescopes were German-made for the Argentine army.
NOTE: Add $1000 for a sniper rifle with scope and mount.
M1909 Cavalry Carbine
Built by the German company DWM and Argentine companies as well. This 7.65x53mm rifle has a full-length stock with straight grip and 21.5" barrel. Upper handguard is 2/3 length. Bayonet fittings. Weight is about 8.5 lbs. About 19,000 of these carbines were produced in Argentina between 1947 and 1959.
M1909 Mountain Carbine
Sometimes referred to as the Engineers model. This is a cut down Model 1909 rifle with 21.25" barrel with bayonet lug. Rear sight graduated to 1400 meters. Weight is about 8.5 lbs.
Bayonet for Argentine 1909 Mauser Rifle and Carbine
Wood grips. 15.75” single edge blade. Maker marked on the ricasso “Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Co. Solingen” or domestically made by “FABRICA MILITAR DE ARMAS PORTATILES”. Argentine crest below “Modelo Argentino 1909” on the opposite side. Might be found with a ground crest. Serial number on blade and scabbard. Price range 90 – 35.
Bayonet for Argentine 1901 Mauser
Model 49 built for Argentina • Courtesy Stoddard Martial collection, Paul Goodwin photo
FN FAL (Argentine Manufacture)
A number of these have been imported into the U.S. in semi-automatic configuration. Marked, “FABRICA MILITAR DE ARMAS PORTATILES-ROSARIO, INDUSTRAI ARGENTINA.”
FN Model 1949
Semi-automatic rifle sold to Argentina after WWII. Argentine crest on receiver. Originally, it was chambered for the 7.65x53mm Mauser cartridge and had a fixed 10 round magazine. Later, nearly all were converted for the Argentine navy. These will be marked “ARA.” A new 7.62x51 Nato/.308 barrel was installed and a detachable magazine system was added. The magazines held 20 rounds and were unique to the design. Some Argentine Navy FN 1949s were imported to the U.S. in the 1990's and the magazines were shortened to 10 rounds to comply with the 1994 "Assault weapon" law. After this law expired in 2004, some unaltered 20 round magazines appeared on the market.
FN 1949 rifle, original configuration, in
7.65x53mm with fixed magazine. Very rare.
Bayonet for Argentine FN 1949
Wood handle. 9.25" double edge blade. No makers mark. Navy version is marked “ARA” See listing under Belgium, Rifles for an image. Price range 80 – 35.
SHOTGUNS
Mossberg Model 500
In 1976, the Argentine navy acquired the Mossberg Model 500 in 12 gauge. It is unknown if any Argentine contract guns have ever been sold on the U.S. market. Price assumes an original Argentine contract example.
MACHINE GUNS
The Argentine military has used a wide variety of machine guns from various sources. Obsolete guns include the Browning Model 1917 water-cooled gun. More current machine guns are the Browning .50 caliber M2 HB, the FN MAG, the French AAT-52, and the MG3.
Argentine Maxim Model 1895
This gun was sold to Argentina from both British and German sources. Standard pattern early Maxim gun with smooth brass water jacket and brass feed plates. Most likely chambered for the 7.65x53mm Mauser cartridge. Rate of fire was about 400 rounds per minute. Weight of the gun was approximately 60 lbs. Marked in Spanish on the receiver as well as the country of manufacture.
NOTE: According to Dolf Goldsmith, author of The Devil’s Paintbrush, some 55 of these guns are in private hands in the U.S.
Pre-1968 (Rare)
| Exc. | V.G. | Fair |
| 40000 | 35000 | 30000 |
Pre-1986
